Pseudogonatodes manessi is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.[2]
Pseudogonatodes manessi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
Genus: | Pseudogonatodes |
Species: | P. manessi
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Binomial name | |
Pseudogonatodes manessi Avila-Pires & Hoogmoed, 2000
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Etymology
editThe specific name, manessi is in honor of American herpetologist Scott Jay Maness (1948–1981), who died fighting a wildfire in Florida.[3]
Geographic range
editP. manessi is found in the Venezuelan states of Aragua and Miranda.[2]
Description
editP. manessi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 38 mm (1.5 in). Dorsally, it is dark brown. Ventrally, it is dark gray.[4]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2019). "Pseudogonatodes manessi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T44579514A137370139. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T44579514A137370139.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Pseudogonatodes manessi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudogonatodes manessi, p. 167).
- ^ Avila-Pires & Hoogmoed (2000).
Further reading
edit- Avila-Pires TCS, Hoogmoed MS (2000). "On two new species of Pseudogonatodes Ruthven, 1915 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with remarks on the distribution of some other sphaerodactyl lizards". Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 73 (12): 209–223. (Pseudogonatodes manessi, new species, pp. 214–219, Figures 3–5). (in English with an abstract in Spanish).